Eoin Morgan is the right man to revitalise England’s World Cup bid if he is named as the new one-day captain, say Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton.
Morgan is the favourite to succeed Alastair Cook, who according to Sky Sources will no longer lead his country in the 50-over format following a selectors’ meeting on Friday.
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South Africa captain Hashim Amla believes his team is will continue winning Test matches despite the retirement of two of the country’s greatest players.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s first Test against the West Indies at Centurion’s SuperSport Park, he dismissed suggestions his side will suffer without Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith.
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Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes injured skipper Michael Clarke will continue to play for his country.
Clarke’s immediate playing future is up in the air after he suffered a torn right hamstring during Australia’s 48-run victory over India in the first Test in Adelaide on Saturday.
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Matt Prior is backing Jos Buttler to become a massively successful wicketkeeper-batsman for England – if he bats in the correct place.
Buttler, 24, now wears the gloves in most types of the game because of his nation but has allowed his greatest for the one-day international stadium, scoring a maiden – and thrilling – hundred against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in May during the latter overs.
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Pakistan will sponsor their first official tour since the Lahore terror strikes in 2009, when Kenya play five ODIs against the nation’s second string side next month.
All five matches will occur in Lahore at Gaddafi Stadium, the exact same ground where the bus driving the Sri Lanka team was assaulted in March 2009.
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Glamorgan have signed South Africa batsman Colin Ingram on a three-year deal under the Kolpak ruling.
Ingram, whose deal is subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa, has played 31 one-day internationals for his country, although the last of those was more than a year ago against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez will fly to England for tests on his suspect bowling action.
The 34-year-old was reported for his action during his country’s first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi last week, which Pakistan won by 248 runs, with Hafeez taking 2-81 in the match.
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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara is looking forward to the one-day series against Sri Lanka.
The England team have had their first training session after arriving in the country on Monday ahead of the seven-match series which is part of the build-up to next year’s World Cup.
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International Cricket Council chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.
Srinivasan had been relieved of his duties as the country’s cricket board president during the course of the investigation.
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Somerset fast bowler Alfonso Thomas has had surgery on a busted ankle.
The South African, who had been likely to play cricket in his home country this winter, is recovering after slipping on wet steps while playing golf in Devon.
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Ben Dunk and Nathan Reardon have been included in Australia’s squad for the Twenty20 series against South Africa in November.
The duo are named in a 13-man party that also contains Shane Watson, with the all-rounder set to make his international comeback from injury having not featured for his country since April.
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Gloucestershire have signed New Zealander Kieran Noema-Barnett on a three-year deal.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, who plays for Central Districts in his home country, is a former New Zealand Under-19 international but has a British passport and is not regarded as an overseas player.
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Former England fast bowler Sajid Mahmood would be to leave Essex along with leg spinner Tom Craddock after failing to win a fresh contract for next year.
Mahmood, 32, played eight Tests and 30 limited overs matches for England, scoring a Test maximum of 34 and taking 53 wickets for his nation.
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